Children's Room - (336) 703-3040

FIRST FLOOR - Children's librarians are interested in helping you find what
you need. Do you want to learn about a Venus fly trap, find joke books, read an
award-winning story, get an idea for a science project, find a cookbook, read about
Abraham Lincoln or Michael Jordan, or check-out Where the Sidewalk Ends
just one more time? We can help you make the connection. Don't be shy, ask us.

Collection

Our books, DVDs, CDs, Playaways, and databases tapes, and CDs inform and entertain
youth from infancy through age 13. Laptime books, early readers, folk and fairy
tales and a variety of chapter books will provide you with journeys of wonder! Nonfiction
titles can satisfy your curiosity about that bug in the back yard or answer your
teacher's toughest homework assignment. CDs and Playaways Tapes and CDs with music
and recorded stories round out a collection that is built with YOU in mind.

Children's Room Programs

Throughout the year, children of all ages have programs available to them within the department

Program Times

Program

Day and Time

Book Babies

Tuesdays @ 10:00 am

Toddler Time

Mondays @ 10:30 am

Music and Movement

Tuesdays and Fridays @ 11:00 am

Preschool Films

Wednesdays @ 10:00 am

Preschool Storytime

Thursdays @ 11:00 am

Things to Do Thursdays

Thursdays @ 4:00 pm

Open Your Eyes!

Fridays @ 4:00 pm

Family Storytime

Saturdays @ 11:00 am

* Don’t miss the special programs planned for older children and families during
holidays, Black History Month, National Library Week, and the Summer Reading Club
in June and July.

Storytime at the Library

Bring your toddler or preschooler to any branch of Forsyth County Public Library
to enjoy Storytime. Each location offers interesting stories along with other fun
events and activities that make listening, reading and learning fun and enjoyable.
Check with each location for exact times.

Computers

Along with our online catalog computers, we have one four early literacy station
and two game computers (made available through a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation) that feature educational software, plus four Internet workstations with
a word-processing program. Children 18 months up to 13 years old are eligible to
use the Gates computers for up to 30 minutes per session. You can choose from dozens
of games, interactive stories, and exploratory programs. Learning has never been
so much fun! The four Internet stations are for children 13 and younger and may
be used in 1 hour sessions. To use any of our computers, sign up with the Librarian
at the Children's Room desk.

Summer Reading

Summer Reading every
year focuses on a different theme. We have explored bugs, world cultures, and dug
deep into many subjects. Children are invited to participate in programs offered
throughout the summer that promise to entertain, spark creativity, or engage the
mind. Pirates, magicians, kid indie bands and the balloon lady are just some of
the fun performers we have had in the past along with Librarian organized craft,
story and educational programs. Children are encouraged to fill out reading logs
to record all of their reading and turn them in for a Summer Reading Certificate!